The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-09-16


Mr. P. S. McMullen, formerly of this
place, is now doing business for a furni-
ture house in Knoxville.
The weather still continues close. The
equinox is not far off, and probabilities
will have work on his hands.
Parties contributing to the railroad
barbecue are earnestly requested to re-
port promptly to the committee.
Mr.. R. A. Hunter left yesterday after
noon to take charge of force of forty
hands working on the Powell's Gap rail
road, Tennessee.
A noted doctor says that onions are the
best nervine known. 1t isn't the man
who eats the onion who exhibits nerve;
it's..-,the man who hob-nobs with him.
Mr.. Levy requests us to give notice that
his store will be closed on Monday and
Tuesday next. the celebration of the
Jewish New Year calling for its proper
observance.
Messrs. Bostic, 1lantcn & Co. sold yes
terday in Lincoln Park lot 55x150 for
81 POO, and on the day before another lot
! in the same vieiHity Cor 1880. These
| gentlemen have made seyeraI good sales
recently.
The CITIZEN takes off its hat to Mls
J. II. Rumbough, in acknowledging the
magnificent bouquet with which she has
honored our office. shedding light and
ditfusing fragrance i'll unaccustomed
precincts.
DR.. E. A. Reed of Swannanoa, and l.
Burgin McBraYer of this city, leave this
morning for Louisville Medical College.
Mr.. McB. has been reading under Dr. ].
A. Burroughs for several months and
now goes to attend lectures for his first
time, but this is the second term for DR..
Reed.
Zachary and Zachary yesterday re-
moved into their new market, corner of
Court Square and College street., 1t ia
new and arranged for their special
lent as to merit the name of parlor
market. We shall describe it more par
ticularly hereafter.
Mr.. A. L. Melton, Superintendent of
the new Female College building, has
about forty-five hands employed, and
will have the building completed in a
few weeks part of it has been finished
however, and the school has opened in
it with very good attendance, especially
boarding students, many of them here
for the first time.
Mr.. Grant has presented US with a
pack of smoking tobacco manufactured
at High, Point by the Modern Barn
Smoking Tobacco Co. 1t is made of to-
bacco cured by Shows new process,
which not only secures beautiful color,
but gives value to portion of the plant
otherwise not proftably utilized. It is
pronounced good by our smokers.
See the advertisement of H. C. Bennett
& Co., who have opened an extensive
lumber yard near the depot, keeping on
hand full supplY. of lumber. shingles
and building material generally, and
with arrangements ho complete that they
will be always in full stock. Mr.. w. w.
Monteith, late with c. E. Graham d Co.,
a gentleman most favorably known in
this city, is the principal clerk in the
firm.
II Messrs. Shepherd, Mann and Johnson
ofKnoxville, Tenn, who recently bought
out the furniture store of Mr. P. s. Nc.
Mullen on North Main street, are re-
Ipainting the store rooms and adding q
much larger stock of goods. The business
is under the management of Mr.. R. G.
Johnson of the firm and assisted by Mr.
y. G. Moore who has been in that store
for some time past. Mr.. ]. V. Brown
the undertaken, will also move his goods
to the same building.
The Wilmington Star notes our re
marks on the quick reception of fresh
fish from Charleston, and says:
"When the Carolina Central is com
, pleted to Asheville our friends can ge
their fresh fish from Wilmington in timt
for supper, on the same day that they
are shipped"
The quicker the better; and if we coulC
get them futtering fresh from tn,
"Rocks" or the Sound 30 much the better
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